Re: FT: Carriers

On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 02:34:46PM -0800, Brian Bilderback wrote:
>In the list's opinion, in future carrier ops, would it make sense for
the 
>carrier, when launching fighters for atmospheric flight, to position
itself 
>in orbit with it's launch bays facing the planet, thus allowing it to 
>"Drop" it's fighters down the well and save some of their fuel load?

If they're going to be re-entering, and your ship's in orbit, you want
to fire them downwards and backwards more than anything else. With the
sort of thrust FT drives can put out, though, you could hover above most
planets (in the style of the _Aliens_ ship) and genuinely drop off small
craft...